this is a time for the united states to come together, figure out what happened, found out who did it, whicthe commander in chief has done, and to demand and seek justice. >> and finally, mayor, the "new york times" is reporting this morning that iran has agreed in principal to direct talks. over their nuclear program. the white house says that there's no deal. president obama first expressed willingness to have talks when you were with the white house. do you believe that iran is ready now for direct talks or is this a stalling policy? >> george, that's a good question. i want to take one step back. when the president walked into the oval office, on the issue of iran trying to acquire and develop nuclear weapons, the united states was isolated from the rest of the world on iran. 3 1/2 years later, the tables have been turned. iran is isolated from the rest of the world. that was steadied, determined, dogged leadership, setting out a course. we now know for a fact even when some questioned the course, not only organized the rest of the world to isolate iran, we have put in place and t